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Maternal iron levels early in pregnancy are not associated with offspring IQ score at age 8, findings from a Mendelian randomization study

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Iron is fundamental to many basic biological functions, and animal studies suggest that iron deficiency early in life can have a lasting impact on the developing brain. SUBJECTS/METHODS: We used a population-based cohort of mothers and their children to assess the effect of ir...

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Autores principales: Lewis, S J, Bonilla, C, Brion, M-J, Lawlor, D A, Gunnell, D, Ben-Shlomo, Y, Ness, A, Smith, G D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3975809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24398642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2013.265